[REQUEST] GTX 580 BIOS MOD for additional VESA modes

[nmapped]

Hi,

I've been trying to patch my BIOS using dumped stock ROM from my GPU:

EVGA GTX580 Black Ops Edition

Currently, I'm trying to achieve additional VESA modes. In this case, it's 1920x1080@60. There's very little resources and reference on the web and so far the base of my trials came from this forum thread:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=211294

The following is my stock BIOS dump.

http://www.mediafire.com/?3gg8by352h9d3km

So far, hex editing the ROM dump would either leave no changes in listed/available VESA modes or will leave the card with no display.

I've even emailed EVGA support to check if there's going to be a BIOS update in near future and they replied saying "We have no plans to do so. Thank you."

Any assistance and suggestions would be much appreciated Thanks!

 

[Krony]

A bit lost really and forgive me for possibly being a noob at this but what r u actually trying to do ?

 

[nmapped]

A bit lost really and forgive me for possibly being a noob at this but what r u actually trying to do ?

I'm currently trying to add a new VESA mode to my VBIOS. 1920x1080 That's it.

 

[Maban]

Why wouldn't your card already have the industry standard 1080p?

 

[nmapped]

Why wouldn't your card already have the industry standard 1080p?

NO 1920x1080 in VESA tables. Other modes, sure I need that mode in my VESA table.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Unless you can actually find an app that can display the Vesa coding within a Bios then you would not be able to do anything anyways..... have you? you appear to know your stuff, so you will be aware of the limitations in the "standard" 1600 x 1200 and 1900 x1200 supported standards, hence why you want to try recoding for 1080, is this so you have alternatives if not using a "standard" (read Windows or Linux) based operating systems??

Edit: I thought the code was written in "C" for Vesa, do you know if thats correct?

Just found this, page 66.....

http://www.petesqbsite.com/sections/tutorials/tuts/vbe3.pdf

 

[W1zzard]

why do you even want to mess with vesa modes ? dont you have a graphics driver?

if you are on linux, try "vga=893" kernel arguments for 1920x1200 text mode

edit: you wanted 1920x1080, try
vga=0x365 - 1920x1080 8-bit color
vga=0x366 - 1920x1080 16-bit color
vga=0x367 - 1920x1080 32-bit color

hwinfo --framebuffer
to list supported modes i think

 

[nmapped]

why do you even want to mess with vesa modes ? dont you have a graphics driver?

if you are on linux, try "vga=893" kernel arguments for 1920x1200 text mode

edit: you wanted 1920x1080, try
vga=0x365 - 1920x1080 8-bit color
vga=0x366 - 1920x1080 16-bit color
vga=0x367 - 1920x1080 32-bit color

hwinfo --framebuffer
to list supported modes i think

I'm trying to get the apple booth screen on my hackintosh all the way to my native resolution (1920x1080).